Record-holder.



l. W. HUGHES.

RECORD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 18, 1915.

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JAMES W. HUGHES, OF NARBERTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RECORD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed January 18, 1915. Serial No. 2,960.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that 1, JAMES W. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Narberth, county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Record-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in holders for records of talking machines. v r

The invention is an improvement on the holder described and claimed in an application for patent filed by me on the'llth day of August 1914, under Serial No. 856,277.

One object of my invention is to design the record holder so that it can be located within a comparatively small cabinet and yet will accommodate a large number of records of different sizes.

A further object of the invention is to de sign the record holder so that the holder can be rotated to bring any record, to be removed from the cabinet, in line with the openings.

Referring .to the drawings, 1 is the body of the cabinet made in any suitable manner; the cabinet, in the present instance, being square with the corners beveled.

2 is the top of the cabinet hinged so that it can be raised to insert or remove the record holder 3. This record holder is mounted in the cabinet 1, as shown in Fig. 1, and has an upper and alower series of receptacles for the records, separated by a partition 4, illustrated by dotted lines, Fig. 1.

The lower end 5 of the holder is in the form of a disk and has a pivot pin 6 projecting therefrom mounted in any suitable bearing in the bottom 7 of the cabinet. The upper end S of the holder is also in the form of a disk and secured to this end of the holder is a grooved wheel 9. The upper end of the holder has a pin 10 adapted to a bearing bar 11 secured to the sides of the cabinet. A cord 12 passes around the wheel 9 and through openings 13 in the cabinet and across a plate 14 which may be provided with indicating marks such as shown, if

desired. Secured to the cord is'a handle 15 in the form of a ball and by moving this handle transversely the holder can be turned and, when the ball is opposite a given mark, a certain record is in position to be removed.

16 is a series of vertical partitions extending, in the present instance, from the bottom 5 of the'holder to the partition 4 and from the partition 4 to the top 8 of the holder. These partitions do not radiate from the center of rotation of the holder, but from a point some distance from the center of ro-. tation, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and rest against an abutment 17 shaped in the peculiar manner shown in F igs. 3 and 4, so that all of the partitions will be substantially the same length and the spaces between the partitions will all be of a greater length than the distance from the center of rotation to the periphery of the holder, in order to accommodate a greater number of large records in a comparatively small cabinet.

In Fig. 3, I have shown the abutment 17 at a greater distance from the center of rotation than the abutment 17 Fig. 4, and the abutment 17 is so formed that thepartitions 16 are of a greater length than the partitions i the cabinet constructed as shown in Fig. 3,

and both constructions accommodate a larger number of records than if the partitions radiated from a common center.

At the front of the cabinet, in the present instance, aretwo slots 18 and 19. The upper slot 18 is of sufficient length to allow for the removal of the smaller disk records from the upper series of spaces, and the slot 19 is located so as to allow for the removal of the larger records from the lower series of spaces as illustrated in Fig; 3. The wall of each slot is notched, as at 20 and 21, respectively. to allow the fingers to grasp a record as it is moved opposite the slot, as illustrated in Fig. 5. T preferably make the slots of slithcient width that the name of the record can be carried by one of the partitions, and by moving the holder by means of the cord 12 the name of the record can be readily ascertained before the record is removed from the cabinet. 1

It will be understood, by the above construction, that I am enabled to locate a greater number oi large sized records than heretofore in a comparatively small cabinet.

It will be understood that while I have described the holder as having two sets of partitions, one located above the other, the cabinet may be made with a single set of partitions, either in the form illustrated in Fig. 3, or as illustrated in Fig. 4, according to the sizegof the record and the size of the cabinet.

While I have illustrated the invention as particularly adapted for holding disk records of a talking machine, it will be understood that it can be used to hold other narrow and flat objects, either round or of other shapes, without departing from theessential feature of the invention.

I claim I 1. The combination in means for holding disk records, consisting of a holder having a series of partitions forming compartments arranged to receive the records, the partitions radiating from a spiral line.

2. A holder for disk records consisting of a casing; a cylindrical holder mounted on a vertical pivot and located within the casing, said holder having a series of partitions spaced apart to form compartments, the partitions radiating from a spiral line at one ,side of the center of rotation of the holder,

the casing having an opening at the side through which any of the disks located in the compartments can be removed. f

3. Means for holding disk records consisting of a cylindrical holder having a series of partitions forming compartments arranged to receive records, the partitions radiating from a line located at one side of the center of rotation of the cylindrical holder.

4. A record holder having vertical pivots on which it is turned, said holder having two sets of receptacles "for the records, one mounted above the other; a horizontal partition; and vertical partitions extending flOlIlfiilCll side above and below the horizontal partition, said vertical partitions radiating from a spiral line at one side of the center of rotation of the holder, the vertical partitions of one set being of a greater length than those of the other set.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES W. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

WM. A. BARR, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

